Unsinkable passenger-ship and ocean freight vessel for sail or steam purposes.



E. M. BOYNTON.

UNSINKABLE PASSENGER SHIP AND OCEAN FREIGHT VESSEL FOR SAIL 0R STEAM PURPOSES. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. I918.

1,279,079. Patented Sept. 17,1918.

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EBEN MOODY ZB0Y1 T '1O1\T, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

UNSINKABLE PASSENGER-SHIP AND Specification of Letters Patent.

OCEAN FREIGHT vnssnr. or. SAIL on STEAM rnnrosns.

Patented se tic, 1918.

Application filed March 6, 1918. Serial No. 220,851.

invented a new and useful Unsinkable Pas- V senger-Ship and Ocean Freight Vessel for Sail or Steam Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a ship structure of the non-sinkabe type.

The object of the invention is to produce a ship so constructed that the same may accommodate a maximum number of passengers, and having means whereby the buoyancy of the vessel may be maintained under conditions which would result in the sinking of ships of the ordinary type.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side view of a ship. Fig. 2

is a conventional longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. L is a horlzontal section on line 44 of Fig. 1. Flg. 5 1s a transverse section illustrating the subdivision of the betweendeck spaces, into staterooms and aisles.

Describing in detail the structure represented by Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, F, F, F designate transverse beams forming parts of the deck structure. Each of the between deck spaces is subdivided by a plurality of upright partitions P, arranged in two series, each extending substantially parallel with one of the external sides of the ship, the inner partitions forming walls of a central longitudinal aisle A. The longitudinal walls are intersected by transverse walls P (Fig. 4), said walls P, P forming staterooms D. The longitudinal walls have doorways connecting adjacent staterooms and connecting the inner staterooms with the aisle A, and doors E (Fig. 4) adapted to have water-tight contact with said doorways. The staterooms are so arranged that a plurality of sets of said rooms are ar-,

ranged on both sides of the aisle A and extending to the hull, those rooms of each set which are in alinement transversely of the hull, connecting with each other by the doors E, which furnish the only means of egress from the outer rooms to said aisle. By this arrangement the inner staterooms are protected by the outer rooms, should the vessel be torpedoed or shelled.

The capacity of the aisle A, is such that the occupants of the staterooms may assemble in the aisle, said staterooms constituting, when the doors E are closed, a plurality of independent water-tight cells, the aggregate capacity of which is more than suflicient to float the ship, so that in the event of rupture of some of the outer cells the inner protected cells which remain intact will float the ship.

The hold C of the ship occupies the space below the lower deck and the staterooms on said deck and is accessible from the aisle A through a hatchway H, which may be closed watertight.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what is claimed is 1. A ship having between adjacent decks two longitudinal groups of staterooms and a longitudinal central aisle between said sets, of sufficient capacity to" receive all the occupants of the stateroooms, each set of staterooms consisting of a plurality of groups of rooms interposed between the aisle and the hull, the outer rooms communicating with the central aisle only through the inner rooms, each room being adapted to be closed and converted into an independent watertight cell, the aggregate buoyancy of said cells being more than suflicient to float the ship, so that in the event of rupture of some of the cells, those remaining intact will float the ship.

2. A ship as specified b-y claim 1 provided with a hold located below the staterooms and the lower deck, accessible from said aisle, and adapted to contain supplies and machinery.

3. A ship having between adjacent decks a plurality of longitudinal upright partitions, arranged in two series, each extending substantially parallel with one of the external sides of the ship, the inner partitions forming walls of a central longitudinal aisle, and transverse walls intersecting said longitudinal walls, and subdividing the space between the inner and outer l0ngitudinal walls into a plurality of sets of staterooms, each setiof staterooms consisting of V a plurality of groups of rooms interposed between the aisle and the hull, said longitudinal Walls having doorways connecting adjacent staterooms and connecting the inner staterooms with said aisle, and doors adapt-. ed to have Water-tight contact with said doorways, the i staterooms constituting When doors are closed, a plurality of independent Water-tight cells, the aggregate buoyancy of which is more than sufficient to fioat the ship, so that in the event of rupture of some of said cells, those remaining intact Will float the ship. H

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EBEN MOODY BOYNTON,

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